“I am half agony, half hope”: The power of women to create amidst pain Last month, I spent a week in England with my best friends. While shopping in Bath, one of them…

My heart is aching and my soul is heavy. The trials of this year have been relentless, one storm to endure after another. With each brave account told by a survivor we relive our…

Reclaiming Mary  Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us…

I can’t pinpoint the exact moment my mind changed. There wasn’t one conversation or one book that convinced me. God enlightened my heart over time. I just stayed open. Isn’t that always the way?…

It’s a lot harder to love the dads you don’t know, the dads who don’t speak english yet, the dads who crossed a human made border illegally. We are told to fear these dads…

Dear One, thank you for taking this journey with me. My sincere hope is that this last post will provide you with a few words to hold onto when you feel that your femaleness…

In the first part of this series, we discussed the importance of holding Paul’s declaration of submission against how Jesus treated women. We looked into the cultural context of the letters Paul wrote and…

Submission.The word alone causes my heart rate to increase and my eyes brim with tears. I find the theology of submission in a religion that promises freedom in Christ absolutely maddening. I’ve spent many hours…

Is there anything better then opening the cover of a new book? The anticipation of learning something new, the excitement of starting a new journey. Over the last decade of my spiritual quest…

A few weeks ago, a colleague approached me at the coffee pot and asked me a pretty simple question, “So what are you doing this weekend?” The answer? This weekend… I was doing a church…